PITTSBURGH — A 57-year-old attorney has been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison for setting fire to his family home, critically injuring his bedridden daughter.

Samuel Pontier says he is remorseful and that he never intended to set his house on fire or harm his daughter, 17, who has cerebral palsy.

He pleaded guilty in November to aggravated assault, arson and other charges.

Pontier's attorney says the former O'Hara Township councilman was suffering from manic depression and abusing alcohol and prescription drugs when he set the Dec. 29 fire.